On Thursday, one of the five Ukrainian citizens sentenced in Belarus to various terms of imprisonment after a rally near the Belarusian presidential administration served 9 days. \n \nThis is reported by "Ukrainian News" with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

On the occasion of the 920th anniversary of the city of Lutsk, which will be celebrated in September 2005, the Museum of Books and Book Printing will open in Lutsk Castle (Lubart's Castle), – reported the own correspondent of the Western Information Corporation.

Today at the Volyn Museum of Local Lore, the winners of the 11th regional competition for the best pysanka of Volyn this year were determined. In the competition "Volyn Pysanka of the Third Millennium," which lasted throughout March-April, 35 Volyn pysanka makers presented their 151 works. Seven became winners.

For two months, the photo contest "Miss Krayanka Vesnyanka 2005" was held in the "Nash Kray" supermarket chain. All willing female employees of these stores could take part in it by sending their favorite artistic photo. The purpose of the contest was to develop and support corporate culture and ethics.

On May 5 in Lutsk, and on May 6 in Uzhhorod and Mukachevo, mass rallies in defense of the Russian language will be held, organized by activists of the "Union" party.

On April 30, on the eve of the Feast of the Resurrection of the Lord, the public organization "Association of Young Reformers (AMoRe)" held a charity event "Easter in Every Home".

If the government implements it on the principle of restoring Ukrainian historical lands, then, obviously, Rivne Oblast will be included together with the current Volyn and Zhytomyr oblasts into a single administrative entity. Discussions about its capital have been ongoing for more than a year.

Volyn resident will represent Ukraine at the Miss Universe beauty contest! 18-year-old Yulia Pinchuk, a first-year student of the law faculty of Kyiv National Economic University, conquered the jury of the Miss Ukraine contest last Sunday and received the most votes in the interactive viewer poll.

Facts are stubborn things. And no matter how much the prosecutor's office reports that violations of election legislation committed during last year's presidential elections in Ukraine are receiving an adequate response, unfortunately, in the territory of the Volyn region this cannot be said.

On April 26–27, 2005, the second stage of the inter-university scientific seminar on the topic "Terminological System of Slavic Literary Studies" was held at Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University.